244 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



DARK LILAC FLOWERS. 



1 . Rose Diibourg. 



Flowers, superb, very double ; of a lilac-violet. 



2. Andis. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized ; hemispherical ; of a dark 

 lilac, often veined. 



3. Belle Ninon. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized, hemispherical ; dark lilac, 

 with lighter edges. 



4. Cordon Bleu. 

 Pleine Lune. 

 Full Moon Rose. 



Flowers, large or middle-sized, full, of a lilac slate- 

 coloured pink, more or less blue. 



F. PURPLE FLOWERS. 



LIGHT PURPLE. 



1. Anacreon. 



Flowers, large or middle-sized, very double, convex ; 

 of a light purple inclining to claret, or deep red 

 with pale edges. 



2. Feu Turc. 



Flowers, well formed, middle-sized; flame-coloured, 

 inclining to purple. 



3. Ildefonso. 



Shrub, vigorous, about three feet high. 



Branches, numerous, armed with many glandulous 



short thorns. 



Leaflets, five ; long, distant, half-closed, of a fine green. 

 Fiowerstalks, very long, often unifloral. 

 Flowers, superb ; of a violet-pink, very large, very full. 



